Is Arayik going to dissolve the Karabakh army?

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed appointing Andrei Belousov, the former first deputy chairman of the Russian government, to the post of Defense Minister, the press service of the Federation Council reported. The President also signed a decree appointing Sergei Shoigu as Secretary of the Security Council.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi on Saturday. They protest against the "foreign agents" law, which the authorities are trying to adopt.

The Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ceyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, held talks in Almaty on May 10-11. The ministers welcomed the progress on the issue of border delimitation and the agreements reached in this direction, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.  The foreign ministers and their delegations continued to discuss the draft agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia. They agreed to continue negotiations on "still open issues that cause differences in the positions of the parties."

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the release of Lieutenant General Ramiz Tahirov from the post of Deputy Minister of Defense - Commander of the Air Force and his dismissal to the reserve in connection with the achievement of the age limit for military service. This was announced today at a meeting in the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.